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Range Officer Certification Course – July 3 – Online

Range Officer Certification Course – July 3 – Online

RANGE OFFICER COURSE – Zoom ONLINE We will be offering an online Range Officer Course as follows: Date: Saturday, July 3, 2021 Time: 1:00 PM  Requirements: You must \be a LFGA Range Member ($180) you should logon as a new member to purchase your membership online. https://lfga.wildapricot.org/LFGA-Login Register in advance for this course ai :  https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpceivpzkuH91xpWrMyuNlOc6qwiEBEA4l  After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Course. Online Requirements:  Zoom access through a browser or an application,  A…

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Moms and Guns Starting Soon!

Moms and Guns Starting Soon!

Monday nights at 6:00 Starting May 31 Running for 5 weeks, $20 person/night includes ammunition, clay, and instruction. May sign up for multiple weeks depending on interest. Where: LFGA Range 6 When: Monday nights starting May 31st Who: Ladies and first time shooters, kids 10 and up. Bring your child and shoot together! Come and learn basic firearm safety and shooting shotgun skills with other families under the watch of our skilled and experienced ‘Mom’ RO’s, you do not need…

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RANGE UPDATE MAY 2021

RANGE UPDATE MAY 2021

The LFGA shooting Sports Facility has been open while volunteers work on getting all the ranges up and open for use.  Please download and follow the COVID protocols here. We don’t want to be shut down because our members are not following these protocols.  Thanks go out to the volunteers who worked last weekend and on during the week. We are are gradually getting our facility up and running after the construction but there still is lots to do.  STATUS OF RANGES…

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LFGA – This Saturday May 15 Range Activities

LFGA – This Saturday May 15 Range Activities

Hello Folks, Online Range Officer Course On May 15 at 1:00pm we will have an RO Course online using Zoom.  You will need a computer, camera, microphone and a free Zoom application that you can get at www.zoom.us You will also need to register in advance for this meeting: Click to Register After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Volunteer Saturday May 15  PLEASE NOTE: The Range will be closed on Saturday May 15th…

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Range Update – Construction Complete

Range Update – Construction Complete

The Shooting Sports Facility has been turned back to our control and it is time for our shooting community to come together and get to work. All volunteers will be observing strict COVID rules but we can still spread out and get a lot done. Ranges 1, 3, 4, 6 and 7 are now open for use tomorrow, May 10th 2021. Please use extra care avoiding the new baffles and freshly seeded areas.  Range 2s, 2 and 5 will take lot of…

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RO COURSE May 15th

RO COURSE May 15th

Range Officer Courses I will have a schedule of classroom based courses as soon as the COVID protocols allow for face to face courses.  Online Range Officer Course Date: May 15 Time: 1:00 PM Register in advance by email to: [email protected]  Requirements: zoom software, computer with microphone and camera.  www.Zoom.us  CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Cheers, Rick Blakeley MBA, President and Volunteer Range Operator [email protected].  LFGA Shooting Sports Facility Box 1358 Lethbridge, Alberta CANADA   T1J 4K1 Cell 1 (403) 308-3541 Fax: 1 (403)…

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An Important Message From our President

An Important Message From our President

Hello FolksWe have been asked by the City to limit people entering our range facility to the Ward Bros Construction people and myself. I am limited to presence at the range office only. The rationale was OHS. Please respect this requirement.  This means that Scott will no longer be able to provide the types of multimedia reports of progress and we will not be able to complete our tasks preparing the range for the eventual opening. I am challenging their…

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Easter Update (Shooting Sport Facility)

Easter Update (Shooting Sport Facility)

Hi Folks,THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! I appreciate all of your emails and comments. They show that you really are passionate members of our shooting community. CONSTRUCTION UPDATEConstruction seems to be taking two steps forward and then three steps backward but today I had some GREAT NEWS…. The people erecting the air baffles will be working overtime and weekends to hurry the job.  We may be taking four steps forward soon. . WHAT A WONDERFUL NEW LFGA COMMUNITY PARTNER — Mc NALLY CONTRACTORS LTD.— PROVIDING AND HAULING SOIL FOR…

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Important Notice Regarding Facility Use.

Important Notice Regarding Facility Use.

From our Volunteer Range Operator and President, Rick Blakeley Dear Members, We have been attempting to gain access to ranges 1, 6 and 7 however due to occupational health and safety concerns this will not happen. Many of you were diligent and sent in the revised access agreement and that shows me how important access to the range is to you however in the interest of getting the construction completed without complications the City has required us to completely curtail…

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Range News

Range News

Hello Folks, 98 years serving our community… Amazing and the volunteers like you make it happen. The 2021 shooting season will provide us with a host of reasons to enjoy the great outdoors.  George Roth has joined me as my assistant Volunteer Range Operator. We have been really busy with the1.7 million dollar facility construction project and it is progressing fairly well.   A number of other projects are in the plans such as Range 8 construction, picnic area construction, bat…

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